oh wow, this is such a wonderful gorgeous story! I love the set-up that you created, first with Horace and Xenophilius (their exchanges! Horace so bawdy and awesome! You are a marvel). I was just so taken in with the little nuances of the lecture and the way you picture both Albus and Xenophilius, this was an amazingly marvelous tale and so enticing. As pauraque said, I would read this novel from beginning to end.